We have a guy that is an intermentent member of our club that would find it for you. I was still on the buddy box and lost my plane in the creek bed behind our field. It is in a canyon and the area is so heavy with brush that you can't see in for more that a few feet in most places. I had a good idea where it went in. I even had the power company up in one of their bucket trucks take a look. After a few weeks, I gave up. Myself and three or four other guys had gone it as far as we could and no trace. Florscent Pink 60" span and all.

THen this interment guy shows up one day and he is talking to old friends and somehow the topic of my plane came up. This guy had a rep for finding lost and drowned planes. He pipes up, "I'll fiind it for you". Yea right. He wanted to know about where it went down and I pointedit out best I could. The next day he is back at the field an going around with his Hi, how are you's again. Then he leaves. I'm packing up a couple hours later to head home and he comes back. "come take a look at what I have in my truck" Damm if he hadn't found most of the plane. I got back the engine and three servos, receiver, battery, and fuel tank. The wings and two servos were gone as well a the landing gear. The only part of the tail left was the rudder still hanging on the push rod. The guy and his buddy were wet waist high from wading the creek bed. The equipment was still good other than the gears were stripped in the rudder servo. Some times it takes a while.

I would get some walke talkies and a pole with a flag. Have a buddy on the pole and you guide him straight out from where you think the plane went in. If you take a compass reading before he starts out, and he stays on the heading, along with the flag you can see, He should be able to walk up close to it. It is susprising how they can hide though. I put my 4*60 in about a month back in a oat field and the oats were only about half way between my knee and my hip. I almost stepped on it before I saw it. I was susprised how far out it was, I guessed wrong by about 75 yards.

I looked at the beepers and the direction finder locators. I couldn't hear a beeper if it was stuck in my ear, so that was out. Also, you have to get very close to hear them with any back ground noise. THe direction finder type are very expensive. I just gave up on the idea after a while and tried to stay in close.

Our big problem is the pond that lays parallel to the runway. It is quite deep and the bottom is covered with long grass. If a helicoptor go's in, it gone. The guy I talked about found one I guess, but there are at least three others, including a huge gass one that are commetted to the deep, along with a couple planes that sunk before anyone could get to them.

Go back and look again for you plane. Try what I suggestet. It's dificult to keep going in a straight line when you loose sight of your starting point and